of 57 ##5 @ . @ 83 square kilometres ( 222 @ . @ 33 sq mi ) . it was created on 26 may 1955 under the auspices of the instituto de ant ##rop ##olo ##gia e historia and was the first protected area in guatemala . = = population = = population estimates for ti ##kal vary from 10 @ , @ 000 to as high as 90 @ , @ 000 inhabitants , with the most likely figure being at the upper end of this range . the population of ti ##kal began a continuous curve of growth starting in the pre ##class ##ic period ( approximately 2000 bc – ad 200 ) , with a peak in the late classic with the population growing
of 575 @. @ 83 square kilometres ( 222 @. @ 33 sq mi ). it was created on 26 may 1955 under the auspices of the instituto de antropologia e historia and was the first protected area in guatemala. = = population = = population estimates for tikal vary from 10 @, @ 000 to as high as 90 @, @ 000 inhabitants, with the most likely figure being at the upper end of this range. the population of tikal began a continuous curve of growth starting in the preclassic period ( approximately 2000 bc – ad 200 ), with a peak in the late classic with the population growing